katherman111

Russian Republic Armenia

Red painted wooden houses (probably the same if you say Sweden or Norway ) Kosovo

Transnistria Azerbaijan

Sultan Mongolia

Haiyan Russia

Olives Belgium

I got Norway, I think most people will have one of the Scandinavian countries

Vietnam is more like a "Wannabe China". Not strange, with that country being it's largest neighbour

So, Obama is going to rely on support coming from the senate and the house of representatives. Well I suppose he's going to take a nosedive just like Cameron. And for the first time in a long time it might be quite good he goes down with one of his plans (this one). Otherwise he's just going to be the democrat equivalent of George W. Bush. Attacking the gouvernment forces will result in new gains for the rebels. Which is good if those gains are for the Free Syrian Army or any other secular democratic movement. But these gains will probably go to radical groups like the Al-Nusra Front or even Al-Qaida. Which will result in a rising islamic extremism in the region. And because these guys REALLY hate the West and their principles, don't be suprised when you see something like airplanes crashing in office towers and killing thousands of innocent mothers, fathers, daughters, sons, friends and family members. Remember Afghanistan ('79 - '96) and the origin of Al-Qaida In 1966, Belgian artist "Boudewijn de Groot" (Litteral translation: Baudouin The Great) wrote a protest song titled "Welterusten Meneer de President" (Litteral translation: Good Night Mister President) in which he protested against the war in Vietnam and exactly all the responsibility US President Lyndon B. Johnson had to carry. The lyrics of the song translated to English: Mister President, Good night Sleep quietly in your beautiful white house Don't think too much about all those distant shores Were your boys are lonely far from home Don't think about those 46 deaths That mistake with that bombardment And forget the fourth (the singer made a mistake, it had to be the sixth) of the ten commandments You definitely know as a good christian Do not think about all those young front soldiers Lonely dying in the distant tropical night Let that pale pacifict clique talk Mister president, good night Dream about the conquest, about the victory Dream about your beautiful peace ideal That has never been obtained by bloody murders Dream that it will work out this time Don't look at all those people who perish How many women, how many children have been killed Dream that you will draw the longer straw And believe no word from the opposition Bajonets with bloody hilts Keep far from here guard at your command For the glory and the honour of the Free West mister president, good night Don't scare too bad, when you see in your dreams All those innocent victims Yonder in the battle were killed And ask you how long this will go on And you will surely know by this time That there are people who are sick of the violence Who haven't forgot the blood and misery And for those were a life still counts Dream not too much about all those dead people Sweet Dreams about conquest and power Do not think about all those peace wishes Mister President, good night Now this may seem a bit of a silly song in some of your ears. think about it and read the lyrics carefully. See how much this song actually resembles to the leaders of the countries involved (or about to getting involved) in the Syria Conflict, in fact not just in the Syria conflict. But more as in all conflicts and wars and bloodshed ever to be foughten on our planet. Commanded by people far away in bunkers, palaces, castles, longhouses or caves, by those who never carried a gun, rifle, sword, bow or stone. Those who can easily speak of peaceful and bloodless victory, but as always do the opposite. Those who command to choke hundreds, thousand of people, doesn't matter if they're friendly or enemy, to death. While they breath the most finest perfume and the most pure oxygen, far away in their exquisite fallout shelters. Power is a horrible thing which transforms our planet into a horrible world, but without anyone having power we would live in a horrible world too. Just horrible in a different way. I wish we would live in a world as John Lennon describes in "Imagine". But it would be utter utter foolishness to actually believe that this is going to happen. Why have we made it all so difficult for us?

David Bowie - Life on Mars?